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To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/8DKEMWfsz4I Today I’d like to talk about the first part of Second Commandment which says “You shall not make for yourself any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is the water under the earth…” […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/Cw3lW6xM0Bo The application of the Ten Commandments handed to Moses, written by the Hand of God in stone can make all the difference in the world when it comes to us living in peace and harmony with ourselves and with our fellow man. The last of these Ten […]
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor To bear false witness means to say something about someone that is not true. What difference could it make if someone lies about what they saw, for whatever reason? Well, it could be the difference between life and death. The Torah says in Deut. 16:19 not to […]
Who are we as Jews that people love to hate us? That’s a great question. It has never been easy to be a Jew. Many of us say “I know we’re the chosen people but can’t they choose someone else for a change”. My father used to say that because he was beaten up for being […]
The Eighth Commandment, “You Shall Not Steal” may seem obvious to most people but to some, stealing is a way of life. Stealing, however, is not just taking something that doesn’t belong to you, it can have a much wider application. We can steal someone’s self-esteem by continuously insulting them. We can steal someone’s self-respect […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/QfjjRT_2eSw Today I’d like to look at the Seventh Commandment “You shall not commit adultery.” What is adultery? The dictionary says that it’s voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their legal spouse. Marriage is a tradition that has changed drastically since Biblical days […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/00642AFKu0U Today I‘d like to talk about Commandment number 6 – “You shall not kill”. Why did God have to tell us…you shall not kill? Didn’t He form the first Israeli army when we left Egypt over 4000 years ago. There’s a difference between killing and murdering. I believe that it […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/dbJl7Dr7pcQ The more I listen to the balagan (craziness) going on in this world, the more the Ten Commandments make sense. Our loving Creator knows what we need more than we do, even if we don’t want to hear about it. How often have parents tried to warn their children […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/bP0C2PtRZzI The fourth commandment says: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labour, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it, you shall not do any manner of work, neither you, nor […]
To listen to the recording, clink https://youtu.be/p-Kj_7uB3kk The Second half of Commandment 2 says ‘…for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me but showing mercy to the thousandth generation of those who love me […]
